Literary Devices - English

Definition of Aural imagery

• Describing specific sounds that

  are happening in a story.

• is used when writers want to

  appeal to a readers sense of

  smell.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Definition of Olfactory Imagery

• Appeals to the sense of sight.

• is used when writers want to

  appeal to a readers sense of

  smell

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Definition of Visual Image

• Appeals to the sense of sight.

• The way that someone speaks

  or how a piece of writing

  sounds.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Definition of Symbol

• Appeals to the sense of sight.

• A literal object that stands for

  or represents something else.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Definition of rhetorical question

• A question which is meant to

  be unanswered.

• A set of (…) 3 dots used to

  indicate that words have been left out, or to mark a pause in speech.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Definition of Ellipses

• A set of (…) 3 dots used to

  indicate that words have been left out, or to mark a pause in

  speech.

• Having two opposite ideas in a

  sentence.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Definition of Antithesis

• Having two opposite ideas in a

  sentence.

• The way that someone speaks

  or how a piece of writing

  sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Definition of Tone

• The way that someone speaks

  or how a piece of writing

  sounds

• Having two opposite ideas in a

  sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B